“God’s Appointment Book for 11-10-2008″
I’d been pondering the balance of control and chaos in art and life since studying art at University of Maine in the late 70s. With a background in graphic arts, I began to ponder using spattering and the 4-color process through a random system that would allow a painting to “paint itself”: colors to build layer by layer and mix optically, as in pointillism.
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The big hurdle for this technique was getting the droplet size consistent enough and small enough so the colors would mix optically. The paint had to be thick enough so a yellow droplet landing on a blue droplet wouldn’t look green. After some prayer and experimentation, I found paint and equipment that made it happen. November 10 2008 is the first of the “God’s Appointment Book” series that really worked.
